ATS chief Rakesh Maria new Mumbai Police chief

NEW DELHI: Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Rakesh Maria has been named new police commissioner of Mumbai. After the voluntary retirement of Satyapal Singh, the post had become vacant.

Apart from chief of the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) Rakesh Maria, additional director general (ADG) of police (state traffic) Vijay Kamble and Ahmad Javed were the top contenders for the coveted post.

Rakesh Maria, who belongs to the 1981 batch of the Indian Police Service, cracked the twin blasts of Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar in 2003. Maria also played a key role in arresting most of the accused of 1993 serial blasts.

Satyapal Singh had submitted his resignation to the state home department on January 30.